Yawgoo Valley Skateboard Park - Slocum RI

 
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General Information

Skatepark Name
Yawgoo Valley Skateboard Park
BMX
  • yes
Opening Date
May 01, 1976
Open / Closed
  • Closed
Free or Pay
Pay
Inside or Outside
Outdoors
Riding Surface?
asphalt

Construction Info

Designer
Steven Ellis

Location

Address
Yawgoo Rd., Slocum, RI
Latitude
41.51
Longitude
-71.58
City
Slocum

Contacts

Managment
  • Private

New England's first skatepark and one of the first ten skateparks of the 70's.

Yawgoo Valley Ski Resort was the first and only ski resort in Rhode Island. Opened in 1964, it was a modest location for winter skiing with four slopes, two trails, and a maximum elevation of just 300 feet. In 1976, however, it made national news when it made the radical decision to invest $10,000 into a skateboard park to attract offseason attendance.

At this point there were no skateparks farther north than Southern California, so a weather-appropriate design had to be invented.

The result was an asphalt bowl of [presently] unknown dimensions.

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Yawgoo Valley Skateboard Park - Slocum RI
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